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Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood (born June 24 , 1947 ) is a British musician best known for his role as the Drummer with the Blues / Rock And Roll band Fleetwood Mac . His name, combined with that of John McVie was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green -led Fleetwood Mac. Besides his work as a drummer, he also helped form the different incarnations of his band Fleetwood Mac. In 1974, he met and invited Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to join Fleetwood Mac. Although Buckingham and Nicks deserve credit for contributing to much of Fleetwood Mac's later commercial success, Mick Fleetwood's determination to keep the band together was essential to Fleetwood Mac's longevity as a band and their lasting international success. EARLY LIFE He was born to Mike Fleetwood and Bridgit 'Biddy' Brereton. The early childhood years saw young Mick Fleetwood and his family follow his father, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, initially to Egypt where the family stayed for about six years. Later his father was posted to Norway , permitting Mick Fleetwood to acquire fluency in the Norwegian Language while attending school there. However according to his autobiography ''Fleetwood - My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac'' academically Mick Fleetwood had an extremely difficult and trying time throughout his school years, many of which he spent at English Boarding School s. He performed very poorly in exams which he himself attributed to his persistent inability to commit facts to memory. He dropped out of school aged only 15 and in 1963 moved to London to pursue his interest in starting up a career as a drummer. MUSICAL CAREER Keyboard player Peter Bardens gave Fleetwood his first gig in Bardens' band ''The Cheynes'', thus seeding the young drummer's musical career. It would take him from ''The Cheynes'' to stints in the ''Bo Street Runners'', ''Peter Bs'', ''Shotgun Express'' (with Rod Stewart ), and '' John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers ''. After being dismissed from the Bluesbreakers for repeated inebriety during gigs Mick Fleetwood was asked a few months later by singer and guitar player Peter Green to join him along with bass player John McVie in his new band Fleetwood Mac . Since then more than fifty albums have been released under the name Fleetwood Mac - by far the most popular being the two mega-platinum sets the group put out in the late seventies - '' Fleetwood Mac '' and '' Rumours ''. Apart from his work with Fleetwood Mac Mick has led a number of side projects. 1981's The Visitor featured heavy African stylistics and a rerecording of "Rattlesnake Shake" with Peter Green. In 1983 he formed Mick Fleetwood's Zoo which recorded the album ''I'm Not Me'' featuring a minor hit with the Mac-ish "I Want You Back" and a cover version of the Beach Boys' 'Angel Come Home'. A later version of the group featured Bekka Bramlett on vocals and recorded 1991's ''Shaking the Cage''. Fleetwood's most recent solo work to date is "Something Big", released in 2004. Fleetwood also has a secondary career as a TV and film actor, usually in minor parts. His roles in this field have included a resistance leader in '' episode Manhunt . Fleetwood was also a co-host along with Samantha Fox of the 1989 BRIT Awards , which contained numerous gaffes and flubbed lines. In the wake of this public mishap, the Brit awards were routinely pre-recorded for the next 18 years, which was changed only recently, in 2007, and the awards are now again broadcast live to the British public. He is the author of ''Fleetwood - My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac'', his memoirs of his life, especially with Fleetwood Mac, published in 1990. Included in the book are his experiences with other musicians including Eric Clapton , members of The Rolling Stones , Led Zeppelin , and a romance with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac . Fleetwood also discusses his Addiction to powdered Cocaine and his personal Bankruptcy after earning millions of Dollar s or Pounds from his drumming career. In 1979, Mick Fleetwood was diagnosed with Diabetes , after having suffered recurring bouts of Hypoglycemia during several live shows. http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/mick.htm His sister was the late actress Susan Fleetwood . He is the only drummer in the semi-fictional (originally intended to be a spoof) band Spinal Tap to survive in the fictional story. Mick Fleetwood became a US citizen on 22 November 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. DISCOGRAPHY With Fleetwood Mac Solo Albums REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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